Colman
Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "The Rock". Michael Beck plays the real-life Clarence Carnes, an Oklahoma Choctaw Indian said to be the youngest man ever incarcerated in the notorious maximum security prison. Serving a 99-year sentence for a gas station holdup and murder, Carnes makes periodic attempts to escape, the final attempt being the most violent. Many of the subordinate characters are fictional (as are most of the details concerning Carnes' escape efforts); the one exception is Robert Stroud, the "Birdman of Alcatraz", here portrayed by Art Carney as a gentle, kindly philosopher. Telly Savalas, a costar of the Burt Lancaster vehicle Birdman of Alcatraz, also guest starred in the 1980 film. Originally titled Alcatraz and Clarence Carnes, this made-for-TV movie wavers between gritty realism and "I'm bustin' outta here!" artifice.
Milk Fund Fighter (uncredited)
失業中のスポーツ記者エディはある日、ボクシング界のプロモーター、ニックからトロという選手の売り込みを頼まれた。トロに力量はないが、７フィートもある大男。彼を利用して八百長試合で一儲けしようというのだ。裏工作によって次々と相手を倒すトロの人気は上昇するが、ある試合でトロのパンチを受けた対戦相手が死亡してしまう。トロを食いものにするニックのやり方に憤りを感じたエディは、敢然と立ち向かうことを決意する。
